Nvidia and AMD Prices Are Steadily Coming Back Down

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The discussion about graphics cards, and general gaming tech, being difficult to get hold of is, unfortunately, still going on. With the likes of Intel promising millions of its upcoming Arc GPUs in order to combat shortages, it seems that this entire gaming generation has been drowning in the deficit, with no real end in sight. While it continues to rage on, there does appear to be a sliver of good news which states that Nvidia and AMD products are starting to come down in price, slowly.

According to a recent report from PC Gamer, which cites data from the German website 3D Center, graphics cards from both team green and team red are starting to get cheaper, while it also looks like availability may be going up at the same time. According to the data, the average price of an AMD card is around 145% over MSRP, while Nvidia is averaging around 157% above MSRP. This is still high, but considering that in last December this was much higher, it looks as though prices are, once again, on the downswing.

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It's worth stating that the information is likely in relation to German markets and retailers, but it could still have an impact on a global scale. The report also goes on to say that the recent release of the budget Nvidia RTX 3050 and AMD 6500 XT could also be the reason why prices are coming down. There's also nothing to say that prices won't go up again, but the current trend over the last few weeks does show that it's starting to come down, so this could continue for a while longer. At the moment, it's difficult to say when things will finally return to MSRP.

On top of that, the chip shortages could be ongoing until 2023, though some feel that things